SCOTUS Strikes Down Key Provisions in Arizona's Anti-Immigrant Legislation

The Supreme Court on Monday struck down large portions of the controversial Arizona anti-immigrant law SB 1070.

In the decision—with Justice Sonia Sotomayor in favor—the Supreme Court struck down three major pieces of the legislation including provisions that made it illegal for immigrants to fail to carry immigration papers and a crime for undocumented immigrants to seek employment. The court also struck down the ability of police officers to arrest someone based solely on suspicion of legal status.

The most divisive provision of the law—requiring state and local police to inquire about a person's legal status when stopped in process of another offense—was upheld. 

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